The Toxic Truth About Your Christmas Tree

This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Perhaps no single Christmas custom is more ubiquitous than putting up the Christmas tree. It originated in eastern Europe more than 500 years ago, when people decorated evergreen trees with roses or apples as symbols of Eve and the […]

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Blue-Green Algae Is Filling Rivers With Toxic Sludge

This year in Northern Ireland, some of the most serious blooms have occurred in Lough Neagh, the largest body of fresh water by surface area in the UK and Ireland. Some locals have described algal blooms on the lough as the worst they have seen in their lifetimes, and there have been reports of multiple […]

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Rivers Are Drowning in Toxic Sludge

This year in Northern Ireland, some of the most serious blooms have occurred in Lough Neagh, the largest body of fresh water by surface area in the UK and Ireland. Some locals have described algal blooms on the lough as the worst they have seen in their lifetimes, and there have been reports of multiple […]

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Paper Coffee Cups Are Just as Toxic for the Environment as Plastic Ones

Improving recycling practices would be a logical step in trying to keep harmful chemicals from ending up in nature, but researchers say it’s best to retire disposable paper cups altogether. It’s difficult for most recycling centers to separate the plastic coating from the cup’s paper. In the UK, for instance, a mere handful of recycling […]

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Sorry, Your Paper Coffee Cup Is a Toxic Nightmare

Improving recycling practices would be a logical step in trying to keep harmful chemicals from ending up in nature, but researchers say it’s best to retire disposable paper cups altogether. It’s difficult for most recycling centers to separate the plastic coating from the cup’s paper. In the UK, for instance, a mere handful of recycling […]

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Record toxic players and introduce them to karma with Xbox voice reporting

What you need to know Xbox is rolling out a new voice reporting feature that allows players to capture and report inappropriate voice activity.    The “capture now, report” later feature allows players to record problematic multiplayer conversations without completely interrupting gameplay.   The Xbox voice reporting feature is now available to Xbox Insiders in […]

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New Xbox voice reporting lets you record toxic players and introduce them to karma

What you need to know Xbox is rolling out a new voice reporting feature that allows players to capture and report inappropriate voice activity.    The “capture now, report” later feature allows players to record problematic multiplayer conversations without completely interrupting gameplay.   The Xbox voice reporting feature is now available to Xbox Insiders in […]

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New Xbox voice reporting lets you record toxic players and introduce them to karma

What you need to know Xbox is rolling out a new voice reporting feature that allows players to capture and report inappropriate voice activity.    The “capture now, report” later feature allows players to record problematic multiplayer conversations without completely interrupting gameplay.   The Xbox voice reporting feature is now available to Xbox Insiders in […]

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Toxic Commando de John Carpenter, un FPS musclé prévu pour 2024

Focus Entertainment et le développeur Saber Interactive dévoilent Toxic Commando de John Carpenter. Le titre est prévu pour 2024 sur PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S et PC via l’Epic Games Store. Le joueur va devoir faire équipe avec quatre joueurs au maximum afin de combattre des hordes massives de monstruosités mutantes pour éradiquer une épidémie […]

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John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando revealed at Summer Game Fest, looks perfectly campy

What you need to know Summer Game Fest 2023 kicked off this week. The shocking reveal of John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando was at the event. John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando is coming to Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5 in 2024. Summer Game Fest 2023 has brought plenty of high-profile reveals and updates on highly anticipated […]

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A Toxic Time Bomb Is Ticking in the Arctic

Once the ground is no longer frozen enough to form a barrier, those contaminants will seep into rivers and ponds, corrupting highly sensitive ecosystems. “This, we think, could also be a dangerous situation for people living up in the high north,” says Langer, as the contaminants mix with drinking water. That water will eventually empty […]

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What Humans Can Learn From the Sea Cucumber’s Toxic Arsenal

But this chemical defense creates a big problem for sea cucumbers: They need to avoid killing themselves with their own toxins. And that means their own cells can’t contain cholesterol, the target that the saponins bind to and pierce. Instead, they have evolved two kinds of cholesterol alternatives: lathosterol and 9(11) sterols, which probably fulfill […]

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Undead Labs reportedly suffered from mismanagement, toxic workplace culture

Source: Xbox Game Studios Acquired in 2018, Undead Labs is one of the many teams picked up by Microsoft as part of its rapid expansion in gaming over the last four years. The studio is working on its biggest game yet, State of Decay 3, but a new report indicates the studio has struggled with […]

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